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  Budweis - LoveToKnow 1911
Budweis has a large, varied and growing industry, which comprises the manufacture,of chemicals, matches, paper, machinery, bricks and tiles, corn and saw mills, boat-building, bell-founding and fl-lead pencils.
The old town of Budweis was founded in the 13th century by Budivoj Vitkovec, father of Zavis of Falkenstein.
Although mainly Catholic, Budweis declared for King George Podebrad, and in 1468 was taken by the crusaders under Zdenko of Stenberg.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Budweis   (355 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Budweis
Budweis was made cathedral, and the Archbishop of Prague contributed 3300 Rhenish marks (present value 10,080 kronen or $2,016) towards its
Budweis, being 45,528, and of the smallest, Korkushatten, 414.
Budweis in 1888, with 5 clerics, 18 lay brothers, and 11 novices; 11 Premonstratensians; 11 Knights of
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03034b.htm   (935 words)

  
 Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
By the provisions of this Bull, the civil districts of Budweis, Tabor, Prachatitz, and Klattau were separated from the Archdiocese of Prague and erected into the new Diocese of Budweis, thus giving it an area of 5600 sq.
The church of St. Nicholas at Budweis was made cathedral, and the Archbishop of Prague contributed 3300 Rhenish marks (present value 10,080 kronen or $2,016) towards its endowment.
The average population of a parish is 2000, the population of the largest, Budweis, being 45,528, and of the smallest, Korkushatten, 414.
www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen03.html?term=Budweis   (655 words)

  
 Scheu, Robert   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In Budweis, we have the following industrial concerns which thank the Savings Bank for their existence: a factory for artificial fertilizer, one for enameled pots, one for screws, a shareholders brewery (a very large concern with capital of 20 million), a paper company, and a candy factory.
As is well known, the horse-drawn railway in Budweis (built because of the trade in salt) counts as the first railway on the continent.
In Budweis, the majority of the students were Czech, but the municipality was German, as is the administration to this day.
www.mtholyoke.edu /dept/intrel/FacultyInformation/jking/scheu[1].htm   (6665 words)

  
 JewishEncyclopedia.com - BUDWEIS:   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1390 a Jews' quarter ("vicus Judæorum") is mentioned; it was situated close to the parsonage, because the Jews, on account of their financial and commercial importance, had to be near the authorities.
A responsum concerning the Jews of Budweis is recorded in the fifteenth century.
Hence the "persecutions in Budweis" in 1505, during which thirteen Jewish women drowned themselves, and those of 1564, which are mentioned in the Nachod "Memorbuch," can not refer to the Bohemian city of Budweis.
www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=1568&letter=B   (259 words)

  
 Budvar   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The term Budweiser is derived from the town of Budějovice, known as Budweis or Budějovice since the 14th century – 200 years before Christopher Columbus discovered America.
Budweis – the official name of the town – was not “Czechified” as Česke Budějovice until 1918 (with the exception of 1939-1945, i.e.
Logically, the company Český akciový pivovar (Böhmisches Action-Bräuhaus in Budweis in German) decided to brand its beer by its place of origin, as it followed up on the tradition of brewing Budějovice beer in České Budějovice.
www.budvar.cz /budvar/budvar-web/corporate/cms/budvar-corporate/o_spolecnosti/info_znamka_en.cms   (695 words)

  
 Budweis: Documents on the Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans: Survivors speak out.
I was released from American captivity on June 10, 1945 but re-arrested by the Czechs four weeks later and detained until early August 1946 in a concentration camp, where I had to work for some time (10 months) in the coal pit Lignit-Mylovar, where conditions were initially very bad.
For that reason I was transferred from Budweis to the internment camp on August 6, 1946 to be resettled [expelled].
The monk Josef Seidl of the monastery of Budweis was brutally clubbed and whipped for the sole reason that he was German.
www.wintersonnenwende.com /scriptorium/english/archives/whitebook/desg09.html   (1343 words)

  
 Budweiser Case Study
The disputed "Budeweiser" name is an adjective originating from the German name of the Czech town Ceske Budejovice Budweis- where the beer was born in the Middle Ages and thus describing the origin of the brew.
Budweiser means the beer of the Budweis region, same as Champaign in France describes the wine of the Champaign wineries.
This similar initiative, but on behalf of the beer was attempting to reduce the use of Pilsner (which ties to the famous Czech beer brewed in Plzen) and of course Budweiser (beer brewed originally in Budejovice [Budweis]) labeling on beers.
www.american.edu /TED/budweis.htm   (2438 words)

  
 Budweis/Bud-Jovice Compromise
The drafts never became law, in large part because of the First World War; its outbreak forced enact­ment to be postponed, and its conclusion led to the destruction of the Habs­burg Monarchy on whose constitu­tional structure the proposed legislation rested.
In the town of České Budĕjovice /Budweis, national cadastres shall be created, for the purposes of compiling lists of voters for elections to public representative bodies, carrying out annual registration for the German and Czech school systems, and assessing taxpayers cadastral tax surcharges.
Should the person whose registration is being challenged live outside the political district of České Budĕjovice /Budweis, he may request that the hearing be carried out by the political District Authority of his place of residence.
www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/FacultyInformation/jking/budcomp.htm   (9953 words)

  
 Walvis Bay finds Czech twin
Ambassador Siro said the city of Budweis, home to the University of South Bohemia, was chosen for the twinning as the largest group of Namibians studying in his country attended the university.
Dr Petr Petr, Budweis City Councillor for Foreign Affairs and Vice-dean of Foreign Affairs at the University of South Bohemia, said his Council accepted the proposal from Samaria for co-operation to formalise the existing relationship.
Following the invitation from the Mayor of Budweis and the proposal the Chamber of Commerce handed over on Monday, the two Councils would have to take a resolution regarding the twinning agreement before it could be signed.
www.namibian.com.na /2002/October/national/028A8DA07C.html   (544 words)

  
 Budweiser Budvar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Budweiser is the name of a style of lager beer (similar to pilsner) from the city of České Budějovice in Bohemia (Czech Republic), brewed since 1265.
Its name is derived from the German name for the town, Budweis (something from Budweis being a Budweiser).
King Otakar II of Bohemia granted independent brewers in the city of Budweis the right to produce beer as early as 1265.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Budvar   (440 words)

  
 Business - Anheiser Bush Vs Budvar
Budweis is a small brewing town in the Czech republic.
A person from Budweis would be know as a Budweiser; the same would be true of the towns beer.
In 1985, the Budejovicky Budvar brewery was established in Budweis, and its beer was officially named Budweiser, the beer of kings.
essay.studyarea.com /Old_Essay/Business/anheiser_bush_vs_budvar.htm   (2231 words)

  
 Historic Events
When the city of Budweis was founded by King Ottokar, it was given some greater “embedded” farms filled with loyals to the crown.
After the abolishment of “Leibeigenschaft” (a form of slavery, the peasants were property of the Master, always a great farmer) in 1781 the acres were shared under the peasants.
The next German school for the pupils of Hackelhöf was at Budweis, 6 km away from the village.
www.hackelhoef.de /English_Version/Origin_of_Hackelhof/origin_of_hackelhof.HTM   (1178 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - Lager
In 1547 King Ferdinand I summoned a Budweis brewer to make a beer for him, and by the time of the Industrial Revolution, Budweiser was a generic term for the beers produced in the town's two remaining breweries.
It was in 1895, however, that a rival brewery was set up in Budweis and started selling the beer known as Budweiser Budvar.
The American Anheuser-Busch and the Czech Budweis breweries have been in court for the majority of the 20th Century arguing over who has the right to the name 'Budweiser'.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A266915   (503 words)

  
 Dampfsonderfahrt Wien-Budweis
Juni 1997 führte die ÖGEG eine Dampfsonderfahrt von Wien Nord nach Budweis durch.
Die Reise führte von Wien über die Strecke der Franz-Josefsbahn über Gmünd nach Budweis.
In kraftvoller Doppeltraktion führt die Fahrt Richtung Budweis.
www.mytrains.at /budweis.htm   (78 words)

  
 The urinals of the Budweiser Budvar Brewery   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The term Budweiser is derived from its place of origin, the town of Budweis which since the 14th century, i.e.
In 1918 Budweis - the official name of the town was for a long time 'Czechicized' to České Budějovice...
The name of the product using its place of origin was logically taken over by the Czech Joint-stock Brewery (Český akciový pivovar - Böhmisches Action- Bräuhaus in Budweis) which from the beginning continued the tradition of producing Budweiserbeer in České Budějovice.
www.urinal.net /budvar_brewery   (347 words)

  
 Saint John Neumann Catholic Church, Cooper Landing, Alaska
At eight he was confirmed by the Bishop of Budweis on the occasion of the first episcopal visit to Prachatitz that villagers could remember.
John Neumann spent two years at the diocesan seminary in Budweis, then transferred to that of the archdiocese a the University of Prague, where he completed his studies in 1835.
Finally reaching his native Bohemia, he was met at Budweis by a nephew, John Berger, who became a constant companion for the remainder of the visit.
saintjohnneumann.net   (6928 words)

  
 H-Net Review: Claire Nolte on Budweisers into Czechs and Germans: A Local History of ...
In addition, Budweis/Budejovice had a relatively small Jewish community, comprising a mere one percent of the population, a situation which serves to clarify the interaction of its Czech and German speaking populations.
By the turn of the century, the Czech presence in Budweis had increased both numerically and economically.
The author's discussion of how the famous Budweis brewery was transformed by national politics, and challenged by a new and more modern Czech-owned enterprise, is a case study for the processes that were transforming large swaths of the Bohemian Crownlands at that time.
www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=96461086838123   (1259 words)

  
 Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Does the world understand Czech beers?
If you wish to taste malt and hops, those flavours are more evident in the beers brewed in Budweis than in beers from other countries.
Budvar is produced in Budweis, and nowhere else.
Its integrity is best served by its being produced in its town of origin, in a region with pride in its beer.
www.beerhunter.com /documents/19133-001717.html   (661 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Another Budweiser coming to St. Louis   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It was named after the Czech city in which it was made, Ceske Budejovice, but called Budweis by the German-speaking people who populated the area.
Until 1918, the half-German, half-Czech Ceske Budejovice was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and was officially known by its German name "Budweis." When the Czechs declared their independence in 1918, they officially changed the name to Ceske Budejovice.
Both Budejovicky Budvar and B.B. Burgerbrau say references to Budweiser or Budweis are appropriate nods to a town with a rich beer heritage dating to the 13th century.
www.usatoday.com /money/industries/food/2005-09-14-budweiser-fight_x.htm   (757 words)

  
 Budweis Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: )
České Budějovice (short form: Budějovice, German: Budweis [also used in English]) is a city in the Czech Republic.
For a time the town was the royal brewery for the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and beer from Budweis (the German name for České Budějovice), or "Budweiser Beer", attained fame.
The largest brewery is Pivovar Budějovický Budvar, which has legal rights to market its beer under the "Budweiser" brand name in much of Europe.
www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Budweis   (581 words)

  
 Definition of Budweis - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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 Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter - Prague: twinned with Burton-upon-Trent
Beer-making in the cities of Pilsen and Budweis dates from the 1200s from breweries in monasteries, and later in royal palaces.
Those beers were dark or hazy, but in 1842 Pilsen produced the world's first bright, golden beer, using the lager method.
The famous Budvar, made in the city of Budweis is very similar, with a slightly more oily texture.
www.beerhunter.com /documents/19133-000054.html   (1027 words)

  
 Thomas Sowell
The people in that town were called Budweisers and the town had a brewery which produced beer with the same name — but different from the American Budweiser.
Like many communities in Bohemia during that era, Budweis had people of both Czech and German ancestries, speaking different languages, though many were also bilingual.
The mayor of Budweis spoke both Czech and German but refused to be classified as a member of either group.
www.jewishworldreview.com /cols/sowell062105.asp   (812 words)

  
 A Side Trip to Budweis   (Site not responding. Last check: )
We also took a day trip to Budweis, home of Budweiser beer.
Budweis is the old German name for the city, located a long two and a half train ride south of Prague--maybe all of 100 kilometers or so.
Unfortunately, the English tour of the brewery started at 12:15, and the train arrived at noon, so no brewery tour for us.
www.marmot.net /danm/1997/199709_CentralEurope/budweis.html   (155 words)

  
 Mahuffer's aka Sloppy John's in Sunny Florida proudly presents the Original Budweiser Budvar   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The town was founded in 1265 and by the 15th century there were 44 breweries there, making use of pure local spring water, malt from Moravia and hops from Zatec (Saaz in German).
In 1547, King Ferdinand I summoned a Budweis brewer to make beer for him, allowing the brewer to call his company the Royal Court Brewery of Bohemia and to declare his products as "the Beer of Kings".
In a court case in 1880, Adolphus Busch said: "The process I have described is the process by which beer is made in Budweis to my best knowledge".
www.mahuffer.com /czechvar_budweiser.htm   (1986 words)

  
 CFP - IDIMT-2005, Budweis, Sept. 14-16, 2005
Budweis is a famous and historical city, founded in 1265 by the famous King Premysl Otakar II.
Additionally Budweis is one of the centres of beer brewing, dating back to a long time.
More information on Budweis: http://www.virtourist.com/europe/budejovice/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Information: Christoph Hoyer Institute for Systems Engineering and Automation Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstr.
serl.cs.colorado.edu /~serl/seworld/database/4810.html   (319 words)

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